Device for fastening car-wheels to their rails.



PATENTED FEB. 14, 1905.

A. J; EDDINS. v DEVICE FOR-FASTENING GAR WHEELS TO THEIR RAILS.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 22, 1904.

attorney UNIT D ST TES Patented February 14, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW JACKSON EDDINS, OF BIGSPRING, TEXAS.

SPECIFICATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 782,647, dated February14, 1905.

Application filedOctober 22, 1904. Serial No. 229,660.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW J ACKSON ED- DINs, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Bigspring, in the county of Howard and State ofTexas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Devices forFastening Car- VVheels to Their Rails, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention pertains to means for holding car-wheels down on railswhile the boxes in which the wheel-axles are journaled are jacked up topermit of the bearing-plates in said boxes being replaced with newplates; and it has for its object to provide a compact and inexpensivedevice through the medium of which a car-wheel may be securely fasteneddown upon a rail and one which'is susceptible of easy and expeditiousapplication to rails and wheels of the ordinaryjconstruction and isadapted to be as readily disconnected therefrom.

With the foregoing in mind the invention will be fully understood fromthe following I 4 description and claims when taken in connection withthe accompanying drawings, forming. part of this specification, in whichFigure 1 is'a view, partly in transverse section and partly inelevation, illustrating the manner in which my improved device performsits function. Fig. 2 is a view taken at right angles to Fig. 1 and onthe line 2 2 of said figure looking in the direction indicated by arrow,and Fig. 3 comprises disconnected perspective views of the partsconstituting my novel device.

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all of the views of thedrawings, referring to which A is a railway-rail. B is a wheel disposedon the rail, C an axle bearing the wheel, and D a box in which the axleis journaled. These parts may be of the ordinary well-knownconstruction, as illustrated,'or of any other construction compatiblewith'the purpose of my invention.

E is a lifting-jack, which is also by preference of a well-known typeand is designed to be disposed under and used to raise the box D withrespect to the end of the axle C, and F is my novel device as a whole.The said dev iceF comprises a body and a set-screw, as best shown inFig. 3. The body, which is of steel or other material, has a threadedaperture a at its middle and also has end arms 5, which terminate inhooks or toes c. The setscrew (lettered d) is of a size to bear in theaperture aof the body and is provided by preference with an angular head0.

In practice my novel device F is applied after the manner shown in Figs.1 and 2- that is to say, the body of the device is disposed with itsmajor portion at the outer side of and parallel to the lower part ofthewheel B and its angular arms 7) extending across the head of the rail A,so that the outwardly-directed hooks or toes 0 engage the under side ofthe inner portion of the rail-head, while the screw 0? is turnedinwardly through the threaded aperture a of the body and set against theouter side of the lower part of the wheel. It will be readily apparentthat when this is done the device F will be fixed with respect to therail and the wheel and will securely hold the latter against upwardmovement from the former. From this it follows that when the box D israised through the medium of the jack E or any other suitable means theaxle C will be prevented from moving upwardly with said box D, and hencethe bearing-plates in the box may be quickly and easily removed andreplaced with new bearing-plates. Subsequent to the equipment of the boxD with new bearing-plates and the lowering of the said box to its normalposition on the journal of the axle my novel device is disengaged fromthe rail and wheel and is then ready to be used in connection withanother wheel. As is obvious, it is simply necessary in order to removethe device from the rail and wheel to turn the screw 0Z outwardly andshift the hooks 0 out of engagement with the rail-head.

Notwithstanding the efficiency of my novel device and the facility withwhich it may be engaged with and disengaged from'a rail, the device isvery simple, compact, and inexpensive, and hence does not add greatly toa repair equipment. I

I have entered into a detailed description of the construction andrelative arrangement of the parts embraced in the present and preferredembodiment of my invention in order to impart a full, clear, and exactunderstanding of the said embodiment. Ido not desire, however, to beunderstood as confining myself to such specific construction andrelative arrangement of parts, as such changes or modifications may bemade in practice as fairly fall within the scope of my invention asclaimed.

WVhile I have described a set-screw, which is the preferred means forengaging a wheel on the rail at the opposite side of the wheel withreference to the side of the rail engaged by the body of my noveldevice, I desire it distinctly understood that any suitable means may beemployed for the first-mentioned purpose Without involving departurefrom the scope of my invention.

Having described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

1. A device for the purpose described, provided with means arranged toengage a rail at one side thereof, and means arranged to engage thelower portion of the rim of a wheel on the rail at the opposite side ofthe wheel,

with reference to the side of the rail engaged by the first-mentionedmeans.

at the opposite side of the wheel, with reference to the side of therail engaged by the means on the body.

3. A device for the purpose described, comprising a body having armsarranged to engage a rail at one side thereof, and means carried by andadjustable with respect to the body and arranged to be set against awheel on the rail at the opposite side of the wheel, with reference tothe side of the rail engaged by the arms of the body.

4. A device for the purpose described, comprising a body having athreaded'aperture and arms arranged to engage a rail at one sidethereof, and a set-screw bearing in the threaded aperture of the bodyand arranged to be turned against a wheel on the rail at the oppositeside of the wheel, with reference to theJ1 side of the rail engaged bythe arms of the b0 y.

5. A device for the purpose described, comprising a body having athreaded aperture and also having angular arms at its ends and hooks atthe terminals of said arms, and a set-screw bearing in the threadedaperture of

